Colours, otherwise referred to as standards or flags, are a very visible part of modelling any regular unit at this period.

Peter the Great's Army 1 & 2, Konstam A., Osprey Men at Arms series, gives information on colours used both before and after the 1712 reforms.

I have concentrated on the pre-1712 colours as these are the ones carried at Poltava (1709).

Infantry colours of 1700 - 12 are given as 2⅗ arshins wide x 2⅘ arshins high for the company colours, with Colonel's colour possibly being larger.(1 arshin is approx 0.76 metres)

Using 28mm figures, this equates to a company colour of 40mm high x 37mm wide from the pole. I allow ~3mm for wrapping around the pole therefore the images below should be scaled to 40mm x 77mm.

Keeping the same ratio for the Colonel's colour I have used 45mm high x 85mm wide.

Peter the Great's Army 2, Cavalry, states that Dragoon colours captured by the Swedes at Narva in 1700 were 0.9m 1.2m although by 1704 cavalry colours resembled those of the infantry in size and design.I have retained the Narva dimensions for my Dragoons as I feel the infantry size looks wrong on horse. Again, I have used a larger size for the Colonel's colours.

NOTE: Dragoon standards had a 2cm deep gold fringe all round.

Although I have not come across any historical justification, I use an even larger Colonel's colour with the double-headed eagle as my C-inC's colour.This is 50mm high.Click on either the title or the picture to go to the uniform page...

Once I have finished, I will attach a link to all the colours I have assembled, to 28mm scale.